For One Lost Boy, There’s No Place Like Home
For One Lost Boy, There’s No Place Like Home – Featured in the Huffington Post
The call came around 7 p.m. on a languid July evening as I was settling in with a good book and a big glass of iced tea. My teenage daughter was at a sleepover and the Friday evening stretched ahead quiet and uneventful. And then an Arlington County, Virginia social worker was on the other end of the line, gently pressuring me to provide emergency foster care for a seven-year-old boy who had abruptly been removed from his family because of signs of abuse. It was Friday evening, after all, getting late, and the child needed a place to sleep. It was only for the weekend as a more permanent placement was sought, one that could provide the specialized therapeutic care he needed. He was currently at a hospital being evaluated, no one knew if he’d been fed dinner, it was getting late…
OFA supporter, strategic consultant and foster parent Tamar Abrams wrote this moving piece for The Huffington Post. Read the heart wrenching story of this little boy’s plight into foster care.
